Well, frankly, there is more to discuss. You can't say that your posts are here to inspire discussion and then declare one possible branch as not open to debate. Please site an example of a mature interactive software experience that is possible only on a PC. if you consider that ...
Since EA has exclusive or near exclusive rights to NFL and FIFA, Microsoft announcing intentions to acquire them could trigger anti-trust laws concerning monopolies. Another barrier to big acquisitions now is tight credit. Most large mergers/acquisitions are funded by the larger corporation getting a huge line of credit. The next ...
Whenever you have a CRC collision, you have just won the lottery . Albeit a lottery that you entered 10,000 times. Or you have a bug in your checksum calculation that caused a loss of resolution. Like a bad mask operation.
I have at least two complaints with smart pointers: 1 Can change a holds a relationship to has a by requiring inclusion of an additional header file. 2 Encourages ignorance about the lifetime of objects. I often prefer explicit reference counting when an object needs to be held by many ...
